Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Op Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, 'n bekende "haker" of vaardige voorleggingstoeier, met Taro
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Hy het uiteindelik verseker
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Die Maart 3, 1946 uitgawe van
Met Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon geaffilieerde skakel), Roberto Pedreira tel die storie van Brasiliaanse Jiu-Jitsu op in wat hy beskou as sy bloeityd in Brasilië, 1950 – 1960. Behalwe Carlos en Helio Gracie, verskeie ander akademies, soos Oswaldo Fadda s'n, was ook floreer. Judo het gewild geword, maar het nie Jiu-Jitsu in gewildheid oorkom nie. Vale Tudo-wedstryde was op die hoogtepunt
Eintlik, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman se toernooi sou Woensdag begin
Martin “Boer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. Egter, Burns was 'n groot stoeier in sy eie reg. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “Die worger” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. In 1893, Burns was stil
Op Mei 11, 1900, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries fought his former employer James J. Corbett. Corbett held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in the early 1890s. Corbett hired the powerfully built Jeffires to help him prepare for his title challengers. Jeffries went on to win the world title from the man, who beat Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Hy het begin stoei toe die pro spel was nog steeds 'n werklike mededinging. Hy het voortgegaan om suksesvol te wees ná die wedstryd verander gewerk (prearranged) wedstryde. In werklikheid, hy het aan 'n skietkompetisie deelgeneem, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 deur sy promotors dubbel te kruis.
When William Rudolph broke out of the St. Louis Jail on Independence Day 1903, the newspapers called it an act of unprecedented daring. Egter, twenty-two years earlier, Frank Fone and John D. Shea broke out of the St. Louis Jail the same way. Fone and Shea were local criminals, who frequented the Downtown area. Shea was violent, while Fone was
Op November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Die Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Egter, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Alex Aberg het baie noemenswaardige vyande in die beste jaar van sy professionele stoeiloopbaan verslaan. In 1915, Aberg het aan beide die Lente- en Herfsweergawes van die New York Internasionale Stoeitoernooi deelgeneem. Kompeteer uitsluitlik in sy voorkeurstyl van Grieks-Romeinse stoei, Aberg het dr. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko en Ed “Worger” Lewis saam met 'n aantal worstelaars.